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Favorite Birthday Card

thedude — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:06:06 +0000

Thanks Dawn, for the hilarious birthday card.

Wrong Place, Right Time

thedude — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:41:40 +0000

This rainbow peaked while I was on the Embarcadero in the city on my way to the top floor of the Transamerica Pyramid. The shot might have been better from almost any other vantage point – assuming that a rainbow was actually visible from any other vantage point. This beauty lasted all of two minutes.

Interesting how the rainbow is in front of the bridge.

Best “Thanks For Shopping” Letter Ever

thedude — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:19:01 +0000

Kelly received this after buying a bridle for Bandit this afternoon.

Thank you from Action Rider Tack!

Today your order was lovingly removed from our shelves by Julie, our Product Specialist, and placed into our velvet-lined wheelbarrow.

Our 5-member equine team, headed by Royale Rouge, inspected your items to make sure they were in the best possible condition before mailing.

Stephanie, our Ordering Specialist, rang a bell and a hush fell over the barn as Dee, our Shipping Specialist, placed your items into the finest corrugated box that money can buy.

We all had a wonderful celebration afterward and our entire team waved goodbye to your package, on its way to you in our private A.R.T. jet.

I hope you had a wonderful time shopping with us at Action Rider Tack. We certainly did. We wish we had a picture of you and your horse to hang on our wall as “Customer of the Week” and to add to our website photo gallery. We’re all exhausted but can’t wait for you to come back to ACTION RIDER TACK.

Happy Trails!

Candy Kahn BE ONE WITH YOUR HORSE!™
U.S. Importer &Distributor of Freeform Saddles
541-773-6300 or 877-865-2467
www.ActionRiderTack.com

Finally – a Decent Campaign Ad

thedude — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:34:40 +0000

In light of all the mud-slinging and negative ads we’ve endured in the past couple of months, this is just wonderful.

The only thing that could’ve made the ad better is if they’d have hired Will Lyman to do the voice-over.

Chris Burt Weather Blog!

thedude — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 16:27:07 +0000

Congratulations to Chris, whose first weather blog appeared this morning on Weather Underground!

Busy Boy

thedude — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:55:31 +0000

Whew! What a month it’s been! The lack of blog activity only hints at how busy I’ve been. My new job is chewing up every free moment, and I love it. If you know me, you know that I’m happiest when I’m busy. The new job is a blast. I have control over lots of things I only wish I had in my previous job. I’m able to make an improvement almost every day. What a great feeling. I am sooo happy to have made the move.

And it’s not just work that’s keeping me busy these days. It’s also my home network, which I’ve been steadily upgrading. The network in my loft now surpasses most small business networks in speed and reliability. This morning I finally got WAN failover working between two networks – my blazing fast fiber connection to Paxio and a slower, but super-reliable DSL connection to Speakeasy. This will ensure that our uptime is as close to 100% as possible. Awesome!

Despite feeling busier than ever, I still manage to squeeze off a shot now and then.

That last shot was taken last night at the fabulous Walk in the Wild fund-raiser at the Oakland Zoo. I was pleasantly surprised to find the fabulous Matt Venuti hangin’ under a tree. If you haven’t yet heard the Venusians, I suggest you give them a listen. Very nice!

30 Inch Monitor, 100 Year Old Photographs

thedude — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:45:42 +0000

One of the unfortunate aspects of owning a 30″ monitor is that, aside from thedude.com, there are very few web sites that post images at a resolution any wear near full-screen size. And, if you’re like me, you bought that 30″ monitor because you like images, right? There’s nothing quite like a super sharp image on a nice 30″ monitor. So, when I want to see the best of the best, where do I go? To shorpy.com, of course. The meticulous scans of old 8 x 10 images are custom-made for us large screen users. I check in often, and am always blown away. Check it out!

Bilateral Upper Lid Blepharoplasty

thedude — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:02:00 +0000

I know – pretty scary. But this image shows why I’m going in for surgery today. Excess fat in my eyelids pushes my eyelashes down into my field of view making everything a bit blurry. I’ve been trimming my eyelashes with a scissors for the last few years, but aside from being dangerous and difficult to do, this practice comes with it’s own special side-effects including the way the eyelash stubble irritates the skin underneath my eyes. Who’d a thunk growing old could be such a pain?

I’ll look pretty bad for a few days, but I promise to post follow-up pictures as soon as I’m presentable.

The Dude Rolls at the Oscars

thedude — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:34:18 +0000

thedude’s favorite actor earns an Oscar.

So, like, e-mail me, Dude. We can talk about the domain name. But only if you’ll promise to do a sequel. ;)

Sorry Don’t Get It Done, Dude

thedude — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:41:36 +0000

OK, I have never embedded a youtube video, and I may never do it again, but this one’s definitely fun.